A rather fabulous tree stump in Padmall Wood featuring Cyprus-leaved Plait-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme, and Cladonia polydactyla (which I note is given the quirky name "Many-fingered Powderhorn" in the new Lichens of Britain and Ireland field guide).
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#StumpOfTheDay
Great Hairy Screw-moss, Syntrichia ruralis (or could it be Intermediate Screw-moss, S. intermedia?) on the steps of the causeway at Abberton Reservoir. #BonkersForBryophytes
Difficult to photo on a wall soaked by a cascade of running water from a leaking pipe outside Dobbies Garden World #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk. Could this be Myriocoleopsis minutissima, Minute Pouncewort? 🤔
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Little Shaggy-moss, Rhytidiadelphys loreus, at RSPB Loch Lomond, helping me to go #BonkersForBryophytes.
A nice liverwort - Greater Featherwort, Plagiochila asplenioides, in woodland at RSPB Loch Lomond. #BonkersForBryophytes
Three reasons to love Common Tamarisk-moss, Thuidium tamariscinum:
1. It's gorgeous ✔️
2. It's got a great name ✔️
3. It's easy to identify ✔️✔️✔️
I was delighted to see lots of it in woodland at the Devil's Punchbowl at the weekend.
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It's big, it's shaggy and it's a moss - it's Big Shaggy-moss, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus. Seen at Juniper Bottom, Box Hill. #BonkersForBryophytes
At the top two photos of ginger coloured mosses on old woodwork. Below a more general view of trellis work at a garden centre with labels for Lupins and Nerine.
At a garden centre on old weathered trellis work mostly between the Lupins & Nerine some very ginger mosses.
Not good at them but at least I'm better that the phone app that suggested Sunburst Lichen or Sweet chestnut 🙄
Ideas gratefully received. #Mosses #BonkersForBryophytes #Bryophytes
It's a while since I've gone #BonkersForBryophytes, so here we go, some Many-fruited Thyme-moss, Plagiomnium affine, in the grass in the grounds of Bethlem Hospital.
#BritishBryophytes
Big patches of Common Cord-moss aka Bonfire-moss, Funaria hygrometrica, at the site in Croydon's Shirley Hills where there was a fire in 2022.
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Sand-hill Screw-moss, Syntrichia ruralis subsp. ruraliformis, at #RSPBSnettisham. Lovely starry cushions. 💚⭐️💚 #BonkersForBryophytes #BritishBryophytes
Some gorgeous Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Plagiomnium undulatum, on the edge of woodland at #RSPBTitchwellMarsh. Lovely wavy leaves. 💚#BritishBryophytes #BonkersForBryophytes
A nice bryoparasitic fungus for #FungiFriday. I think it could be Octospora rutilans, growing on Juniper Haircap moss, Polytrichum juniperinum. Seen at RSPB Snettisham.
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octospora.de/Nrutilans.htm
A lovely little pillow of Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Grimmia pulvinata, atop a garden wall. #Moss #BonkersForBryophytes #BritishBryophytes
I haven't been out and about much today, so to celebrate #NationalMossDay I just popped out of my back door and had a look at the moss on the roof of my neighbour's shed! Capillary Thread-moss, Bryum capillare, I think. #BritishBryophytes #BonkersForBryophytes
Juniper Haircap, Polytrichum juniperinum, abundant on Barnes Common. #UKBryophytes #BonkersForBryophytes.
Nice cushions of either Leucobryum glaucum or L. juniperoideum, in the gully at Keston Common in Kent. #BonkersForBryophytes
One of the special Liverworts at Eridge Rocks - Greater Whipwort, Bazzantia trilobata. Considering the amount of rain we've had recently, it was actually quite dessicated.
www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-finder/...
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It's pointy pointy very very pointy it's very pointy. It's Pointed Spear-moss, Calliergonella cuspidata, at Hutchinson's Bank in Croydon. #BonkersForBryophytes
Chalk Comb-moss, Ctenidium molluscum, looking fabulously curly in Brockham Quarry. #BonkersForBryophytes
I couldn't get too close as it was on the other side of a fence, but I was pleased to see this Glittering Wood-moss, Hylocomium splendens, in woodland on the edge of Brockham Quarry. A moss I've been hoping to see for a while now, so I was quite delighted. #BonkersForBryophytes
Yellow Feather-moss, Homalothecium lutescens, forming gorgeous golden-yellow mats in the grassland at Brockham Quarry. #BonkersForBryophytes
**New favourite moss klaxon**
Big Shaggy-moss, Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus, living up to its name by looking big and shaggy. Adabundant in Brockham Quarry. #BonkersForBryophytes
Is it a bird? Is it a vascular plant? No, it's a super bryophyte! Redshank, Ceratodon purpureus, beside the North Downs Way. #BonkersForBryophytes
The liverwort Overleaf Pellia, Pellia epiphylla (or perhaps P. neesiana?), on the banks of the River Beck in High Broom Wood. Whichever it is, it has a lovely (if ever so slightly out of focus) sporophyte. 🤩 #BonkersForBryophytes
Common Striated Feather-moss, Eurhynchium striatum, in local ancient woodland. Lovely distinctive wrinkles in the leaves. 💚 #BonkersForBryophytes
The rather splendid Fox-tail Feather-moss, Thamnobryum alopecurum, on the floor of local ancient woodland. A fabulous name for a fabulous moss. 🦊 #BonkersForBryophytes
Neat Feather-moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, at Stonelees nature reserve today. "Common and conspicuous" it may be, but that's probably why I like it so much. 💚 #BonkersForBryophytes
